Spoel Lab
@spoel-lab.bsky.social
University of Edinburgh research group studying how protein modifications contribute to plant resilience in a changing environment.
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@spoel-lab.bsky.social
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Mobile immune signals potentiate salicylic acid-mediated plant immunity via WRKY38/62 transcription factors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.17.649115v1
How does immunisation establish durable disease resistance in plants?
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.
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We were delighted to welcome Steven Spoel @spoel-lab.bsky.social to Cologne. Thanks to the @sfb1403.bsky.social for supporting his invitation. We learned a lot about ubiquitin chains and their role in plant immunity 🤯.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We were delighted to welcome Steven Spoel @spoel-lab.bsky.social to Cologne. Thanks to the @sfb1403.bsky.social for supporting his invitation. We learned a lot about ubiquitin chains and their role in plant immunity 🤯.
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Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
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1/2 This manifesto is the result of a collaborative effort started earlier this year at the Plant Biology Education conference in Lancaster, UK.
We are delighted to see it out and we are proud that our Comms team contributed to such an important resource for the community! 🌱
We are delighted to see it out and we are proud that our Comms team contributed to such an important resource for the community! 🌱
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
1/2 This manifesto is the result of a collaborative effort started earlier this year at the Plant Biology Education conference in Lancaster, UK.
We are delighted to see it out and we are proud that our Comms team contributed to such an important resource for the community! 🌱
We are delighted to see it out and we are proud that our Comms team contributed to such an important resource for the community! 🌱
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Watch the Community Impact Awards Presentations!
Times: 5:20-15:06: Jose Dinneny.
19:35-30:07: Jade Bleau.
33:30-15:06: Joanna Friesner.
46:40-1:01: Q&A by Mary Gehring
@jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social
@stanfordstomata.bsky.social @spoel-lab.bsky.social
Times: 5:20-15:06: Jose Dinneny.
19:35-30:07: Jade Bleau.
33:30-15:06: Joanna Friesner.
46:40-1:01: Q&A by Mary Gehring
@jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social
@stanfordstomata.bsky.social @spoel-lab.bsky.social
2025 Community Impact Awards: Jose Dinneny, Jade Bleau & Joanna Friesner
YouTube video by NAASC
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October 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Watch the Community Impact Awards Presentations!
Times: 5:20-15:06: Jose Dinneny.
19:35-30:07: Jade Bleau.
33:30-15:06: Joanna Friesner.
46:40-1:01: Q&A by Mary Gehring
@jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social
@stanfordstomata.bsky.social @spoel-lab.bsky.social
Times: 5:20-15:06: Jose Dinneny.
19:35-30:07: Jade Bleau.
33:30-15:06: Joanna Friesner.
46:40-1:01: Q&A by Mary Gehring
@jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social
@stanfordstomata.bsky.social @spoel-lab.bsky.social
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The New Phytologist Foundation is delighted to support this year's @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference! #PlantScience
Excited to welcome speakers and delegates to Black In Plant Science 2025, today in Leeds! Thanks @newphyt.bsky.social & other sponsors! @blackinplantsci.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @yoselin.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The New Phytologist Foundation is delighted to support this year's @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference! #PlantScience
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Excited to welcome speakers and delegates to Black In Plant Science 2025, today in Leeds! Thanks @newphyt.bsky.social & other sponsors! @blackinplantsci.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @yoselin.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Excited to welcome speakers and delegates to Black In Plant Science 2025, today in Leeds! Thanks @newphyt.bsky.social & other sponsors! @blackinplantsci.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @yoselin.bsky.social
Ready…Set…GO!!! for the @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at The Helix in Leeds today!!🎊🎊
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Ready…Set…GO!!! for the @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at The Helix in Leeds today!!🎊🎊
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We are advertising a PhD project investigating a cellular mechanism that ensures protein quality control during mRNA translation in plants. Please get in touch on here or via email if you are interested and I can provide further details!
Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...
Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...
Daniel Gibbs Lab
Welcome to the lab website of Professor Daniel Gibbs
@ University of Birmingham
sites.google.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We are advertising a PhD project investigating a cellular mechanism that ensures protein quality control during mRNA translation in plants. Please get in touch on here or via email if you are interested and I can provide further details!
Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...
Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...
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FRET sensor for SA developed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
SALICYLIC ACID SENSOR1 reveals the propagation of an SA hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
Salicylic acid (SA) is a key phytohormone that orchestrates immune responses against pathogens, including Pseudomonas syringae bacteria. The timing and extent of SA accumulation are tightly controlled...
www.science.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
FRET sensor for SA developed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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SALICYLIC ACID SENSOR1 reveals the propagation of an SA hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
SALICYLIC ACID SENSOR1 reveals the propagation of an SA hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
Salicylic acid (SA) is a key phytohormone that orchestrates immune responses against pathogens, including Pseudomonas syringae bacteria. The timing and extent of SA accumulation are tightly controlled...
www.science.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
SALICYLIC ACID SENSOR1 reveals the propagation of an SA hormone surge during plant pathogen advance
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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RSVP to join the October 29th webinar and hear from the 2025 Arabidopsis Community Impact Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards
@jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social r.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social
@jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social r.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
RSVP to join the October 29th webinar and hear from the 2025 Arabidopsis Community Impact Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards
@jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social r.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social
@jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social r.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social
Pleased to have been awarded a Proof-of-Concept grant from @erc.europa.eu In collaboration with Elsoms Seed Ltd, Dr Lindsay Williams in our team will aim to improve the longevity of some of world’s most popular vegetables!!
@instmolplantsci.bsky.social
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
tinylink.net/Z348F
@instmolplantsci.bsky.social
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
tinylink.net/Z348F
Researchers receive funding to boost the shelf-life of vegetables | Biological Sciences | Biology
A project led by Professor Steven Spoel and Dr Lindsay Williams has been awarded funding by the European Research Council to improve the longevity of some of world’s most popular vegetables.
tinylink.net
July 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Pleased to have been awarded a Proof-of-Concept grant from @erc.europa.eu In collaboration with Elsoms Seed Ltd, Dr Lindsay Williams in our team will aim to improve the longevity of some of world’s most popular vegetables!!
@instmolplantsci.bsky.social
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
tinylink.net/Z348F
@instmolplantsci.bsky.social
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
tinylink.net/Z348F
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I’m happy that our commentary is out! (It would be wonderful if this made a difference!)
In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
In defense of funding foundational plant science
academic.oup.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I’m happy that our commentary is out! (It would be wonderful if this made a difference!)
In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
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🚨 Deadline extended! 🚨
Registration for the 2nd UK Proteostasis Network meeting in Dundee is open until 30 April!
🧬 Plenty of chances for selected talks from abstracts
📅 3–5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
🗓️ Program now live!
Sign up and view the programme here: dundee.ac.uk/events/joint...
Registration for the 2nd UK Proteostasis Network meeting in Dundee is open until 30 April!
🧬 Plenty of chances for selected talks from abstracts
📅 3–5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
🗓️ Program now live!
Sign up and view the programme here: dundee.ac.uk/events/joint...
Joint 2025 Autophagy UK and Proteostasis UK conference | University of Dundee, UK
Welcome to the 2025 joint “Autophagy UK and Proteostasis UK” conference!
dundee.ac.uk
April 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🚨 Deadline extended! 🚨
Registration for the 2nd UK Proteostasis Network meeting in Dundee is open until 30 April!
🧬 Plenty of chances for selected talks from abstracts
📅 3–5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
🗓️ Program now live!
Sign up and view the programme here: dundee.ac.uk/events/joint...
Registration for the 2nd UK Proteostasis Network meeting in Dundee is open until 30 April!
🧬 Plenty of chances for selected talks from abstracts
📅 3–5 June 2025
📍 Dundee
🗓️ Program now live!
Sign up and view the programme here: dundee.ac.uk/events/joint...
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!!New Preprint!! On the activation of RRS1-R/RPS4 paired NLRs!! Thanks to @jonathandgjones.bsky.social for this opportunity to work on this project, and thanks to all the coauthors for their effort and support! Thread (1/)
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
t.co/aHNCKj4KUn
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.11.646618v1
t.co
April 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
!!New Preprint!! On the activation of RRS1-R/RPS4 paired NLRs!! Thanks to @jonathandgjones.bsky.social for this opportunity to work on this project, and thanks to all the coauthors for their effort and support! Thread (1/)
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
t.co/aHNCKj4KUn
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
t.co/aHNCKj4KUn
How does immunisation establish durable disease resistance in plants?
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.
Mobile immune signals potentiate salicylic acid-mediated plant immunity via WRKY38/62 transcription factors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.17.649115v1
April 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
How does immunisation establish durable disease resistance in plants?
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.
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Pseudomonas syringae secretes the iminosugar glycosyrin to block plant immune recognition. It mimics galactose to inhibit β-galactosidase, disrupt flagellin sensing, and rewire host glycobiology!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Huge congrats to Tee and everyone involved!
#PlantImmunity #PlantChemeticsLab
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Huge congrats to Tee and everyone involved!
#PlantImmunity #PlantChemeticsLab
Bacterial pathogen deploys the iminosugar glycosyrin to manipulate plant glycobiology
The extracellular space (apoplast) in plants is a key battleground during microbial infections. To avoid recognition, the bacterial model phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 produces ...
doi.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Pseudomonas syringae secretes the iminosugar glycosyrin to block plant immune recognition. It mimics galactose to inhibit β-galactosidase, disrupt flagellin sensing, and rewire host glycobiology!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Huge congrats to Tee and everyone involved!
#PlantImmunity #PlantChemeticsLab
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Huge congrats to Tee and everyone involved!
#PlantImmunity #PlantChemeticsLab
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Seed and tuber collections are really, really, REALLY important.
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article)
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Seed and tuber collections are really, really, REALLY important.
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
A short thread 🧵 1/5
🧪 #plantscience
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Two weeks left to submit your abstract for the Genetics Society Seed Plant Research Meeting in Durham!
The Genetics Society Seed Plant Research meeting is back this year on 8-9 Apr 2025 in Durham, UK. Join us to hear about exciting recent advances in plant science from a great line up of speakers and selected abstracts. Register cheaply here👉🏾 genetics.org.uk/events/seed-...
February 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Two weeks left to submit your abstract for the Genetics Society Seed Plant Research Meeting in Durham!
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Could you be amongst the next cohort of BiPS Summer Studentships? This year we want to ensure that it's more accessible for those from low economic backgrounds and ensure that there is adequate support from host labs. You can apply and learn more about the last cohort here: https://buff.ly/4b7frji
February 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Could you be amongst the next cohort of BiPS Summer Studentships? This year we want to ensure that it's more accessible for those from low economic backgrounds and ensure that there is adequate support from host labs. You can apply and learn more about the last cohort here: https://buff.ly/4b7frji
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February 25th, 11AM EST.
Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas.
rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w...
Open to all, come be a part of it!
#BlackHistoryMonth
Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas.
rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w...
Open to all, come be a part of it!
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
February 25th, 11AM EST.
Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas.
rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w...
Open to all, come be a part of it!
#BlackHistoryMonth
Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas.
rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w...
Open to all, come be a part of it!
#BlackHistoryMonth
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📢Find out how you, an African scientist, can get access to genome sequencing services and bioinformatic skills development through the GetGenome project. Dr. James Canham will speak at the African Plant Genomics Symposium about how @getgenome.bsky.social addresses inequitable access to genomics. 🌱🧬
February 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢Find out how you, an African scientist, can get access to genome sequencing services and bioinformatic skills development through the GetGenome project. Dr. James Canham will speak at the African Plant Genomics Symposium about how @getgenome.bsky.social addresses inequitable access to genomics. 🌱🧬
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“ERC succeeds because it’s different. Its simple, tailored procedures allow Europe’s best researchers to thrive. Bureaucratic processes designed for other programmes should not be imposed on it.”
@marialep.bsky.social spoke up for an independent ERC with a doubled budget today @europarl.europa.eu
@marialep.bsky.social spoke up for an independent ERC with a doubled budget today @europarl.europa.eu
February 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“ERC succeeds because it’s different. Its simple, tailored procedures allow Europe’s best researchers to thrive. Bureaucratic processes designed for other programmes should not be imposed on it.”
@marialep.bsky.social spoke up for an independent ERC with a doubled budget today @europarl.europa.eu
@marialep.bsky.social spoke up for an independent ERC with a doubled budget today @europarl.europa.eu
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Shocking and appalling
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies
White House dismissals and rationale challenged by dismissed scientists and lawsuits
www.science.org
February 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Shocking and appalling
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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#BlackHistoryMonth Plant Scientist Spotlight - Meet Carin Ragland!🌱
👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://buff.ly/41fCJQn
#plantscience
👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://buff.ly/41fCJQn
#plantscience
February 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#BlackHistoryMonth Plant Scientist Spotlight - Meet Carin Ragland!🌱
👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://buff.ly/41fCJQn
#plantscience
👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://buff.ly/41fCJQn
#plantscience